We will work to
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Provide food, water, clothes, and other basic necessities for the orphaned and vulnerable children served by SizaBantwana
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Give financial assistance to cover the costs of children’s medical care
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Give financial assistance for school uniforms and transportation to public school
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Support the care centers and communal facilities where volunteers cook food, serve meals, tutor, and have daily gatherings with the children
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Support training for the care workers and volunteers to better address the children’s social, emotional, and academic needs
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Provide educational and financial assistance for child programming such as camps and the reading program
By creating Friends of SizaBantwana, Inc., donating money to SizaBantwana becomes easier and more accessible from the United States. Additionally, American philanthropists can now make tax-deductible donations to the South African organization.
Board of Directors
As a charitable organization, Friends of SizaBantwana, Inc. is governed by the following devoted volunteers:
Jennifer Schrab, President
Robin Booth, Vice President
Laura Laursen, Secretary
Kelly Corey, Treasurer
Sarah Cordio, Fundraising Coordinator
Shilo Habeck, Marketing Director
history
2014: Jennifer Schrab, a National Board Certified Teacher from Wisconsin, receives a Fund for Teachers grant to study in South Africa. As part of the grant, she connects her local elementary school to a nonprofit called SizaBantwana Childrens Benefit Organisation located in Hazyview.
2015: In an effort to grow the relationship between SizaBantwana Childrens Benefit Organisation and the elementary school where Jen teaches, a global penpal program is started, goods are collected and mailed to SizaBantwana, and 73 South African children are sponsored to go on their first field trip to Kruger National Park.
2016: Jen makes a second trip to SizaBantwana bringing donated goods as well as money to help the organization. Her elementary school, family, and friends contribute generously.
2017: Jen invites a team of educators, including now board members, to join her on an eight day service trip to SizaBantwana. Once again, their local elementary school, community, families, and friends contribute generously.
2018: The founders of SizaBantwana Childrens Benefit Organisation in South Africa, Frank and Minky Mashego, visit the United States including the elementary school they have partnered with for the past 5 years. Five suitcases of donations are sent back with Minky and Frank for the children served by SizaBantwana.
2018: Friends of SizaBantwana, Inc. is established and earns nonprofit status as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in the United States.
2020: Unfortunately, our June 2020 trip with 14 volunteers was canceled due to COVID-19.
2023: Our next service trip to SizaBantwana is on the calendar! Flights and reservations have been made for July 2023.
our mission
Friends of SizaBantwana, Inc. provides charitable donations of goods and money to SizaBantwana Childrens Benefit Organisation, a registered nonprofit located in Hazyview, South Africa that supports orphans and children made vulnerable as a result of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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